Davangere, 3 Sept 

An FIR was registered against BJP MLA BP Harish on Wednesday for allegedly making "insulting" remarks against a woman IPS officer here, police said.

The MLA from Harihar, while addressing a press conference, had made remarks comparing Davangere Superintendent of Police Uma Prashanth to a pet waiting at the gate, as he accused her of not acknowledging him properly during official meetings and events.

Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, the BJP MLA had said, "If you see the way the SP behaves -- as a MLA if I go to a meeting, she does not acknowledge properly, but for those from the Shamanuru family (veteran Congress leader Shamanuru Shivashankarappa, his Minister son SS Mallikarjun and daughter-in-law and Congress MP Prabha Mallikarjun) she will wait for an hour near the gate, behaving like a Pomeranian dog at their house."

A case was registered under the relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita at KTJ Nagar police station.